diff --git a/test/integration/targets/blocks/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/blocks/runme.sh
index ebce8581f4..1c1cf546ef 100755
--- a/test/integration/targets/blocks/runme.sh
+++ b/test/integration/targets/blocks/runme.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 
 set -eux
 
+# This test does not use "$@" to avoid further increasing the verbosity beyond what is required for the test.
+# Increasing verbosity from -vv to -vvv can increase the line count from ~400 to ~9K on our centos6 test container.
+
 # remove old output log
 rm -f block_test.out
 # run the test and check to make sure the right number of completions was logged
-ansible-playbook -vv main.yml -i ../../inventory "$@" | tee block_test.out
+ansible-playbook -vv main.yml -i ../../inventory | tee block_test.out
 env python -c \
     'import sys, re; sys.stdout.write(re.sub("\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]", "", sys.stdin.read()))' \
     <block_test.out >block_test_wo_colors.out
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ env python -c \
 # cleanup the output log again, to make sure the test is clean
 rm -f block_test.out block_test_wo_colors.out
 # run test with free strategy and again count the completions
-ansible-playbook -vv main.yml -i ../../inventory -e test_strategy=free "$@" | tee block_test.out
+ansible-playbook -vv main.yml -i ../../inventory -e test_strategy=free | tee block_test.out
 env python -c \
     'import sys, re; sys.stdout.write(re.sub("\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]", "", sys.stdin.read()))' \
     <block_test.out >block_test_wo_colors.out
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ env python -c \
 # cleanup the output log again, to make sure the test is clean
 rm -f block_test.out block_test_wo_colors.out
 # run test with host_pinned strategy and again count the completions
-ansible-playbook -vv main.yml -i ../../inventory -e test_strategy=host_pinned "$@" | tee block_test.out
+ansible-playbook -vv main.yml -i ../../inventory -e test_strategy=host_pinned | tee block_test.out
 env python -c \
     'import sys, re; sys.stdout.write(re.sub("\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]", "", sys.stdin.read()))' \
     <block_test.out >block_test_wo_colors.out
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ env python -c \
 
 # run test that includes tasks that fail inside a block with always
 rm -f block_test.out block_test_wo_colors.out
-ansible-playbook -vv block_fail.yml -i ../../inventory "$@" | tee block_test.out
+ansible-playbook -vv block_fail.yml -i ../../inventory | tee block_test.out
 env python -c \
     'import sys, re; sys.stdout.write(re.sub("\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]", "", sys.stdin.read()))' \
     <block_test.out >block_test_wo_colors.out